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30 Jun 2018 3:18 p.m. PST
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Personal logo Editor in Chief Bill The Editor of TMP Fezian14 Nov 2017 7:15 p.m. PST

What are your Top 5 reasons?

ZULUPAUL Supporting Member of TMP14 Nov 2017 7:47 p.m. PST

I like skirmish type games
Allows you to use lots of different types of figures as survivors.
ZOMBIES
More Zombies.
Oh yea..Zombies.

The Beast Rampant14 Nov 2017 8:32 p.m. PST

Only if they're wearing kiver shakos.

Stryderg14 Nov 2017 8:36 p.m. PST

The zombies show up in the most surprising places.
Games can be played coop against a common, easy to manage foe.
Lots of head shots.
You have to decide to fight or run.
It ain't always the zombies that get'cha.

Dragon Gunner14 Nov 2017 9:15 p.m. PST

#1 Players versus zombies

#2 No moral for zombies

#3 Variety of miniatures

#4 Variety of situations / scenarios

#5 Undead are cool

John the OFM14 Nov 2017 10:07 p.m. PST

7th Va Cav likes zombie games because he always shoots me in the back.
You don't have to be the fastest human alive, just the 2nd slowest. grin

evilgong14 Nov 2017 11:59 p.m. PST

Napoleonic wargamer 'what do I need to outflank the French artillery' Napoleonic Zombie wargamer 'Brains'

Western gunfight wargamer 'I just rolled a tripple-5 for my shot, can you check the chart to see where I hit him' Western gunfight zombie wargamer 'Brains'

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rvandusen Supporting Member of TMP15 Nov 2017 4:19 a.m. PST

The ability to play solo. Admittedly, my character will almost always die by the second game.

I've been a fan of zed films and novels for a while.

The feeling of impending doom

Zombies are easy to paint in mass, and are forgiving of mediocre paint jobs.

The ability to use many of the survivor, police, and military figures for a variety of genres besides zombie apocalypse.

pzivh43 Supporting Member of TMP15 Nov 2017 4:36 a.m. PST

A fan of the films and video games (Left 4 Dead)

Coop play (although some players are more hostile to their buddies than others)

Surprises (at least in my games)

Solo play helps to playtest

Dynaman878915 Nov 2017 4:51 a.m. PST

It's mindless fun.

Zephyr115 Nov 2017 3:15 p.m. PST

Dynaman8789 for the win! thumbs up

Part time gamer27 Nov 2017 9:45 p.m. PST

First off, I second 'Zephyr1's' opinion!

Dynaman8789 Its mindless fun.
#2 But also a love/hate if you play a campaign game.

Love: Having 'characters' in the games give it more of a feel of 'reality', brings the game more too life. (ok sorry, for the pun there)

Hate: When one of your favorite characters gets killed during the game.

#3 Ya never know whats around the next corner, on the other side of that door.

#4 You can out run them, (if they are only shamblers)

#5 You can play as one team or each player can play a different group of survivors (some nice..some not so nice), Spec forces or surviving police teams.

CAPTAIN BEEFHEART28 Nov 2017 10:20 a.m. PST

No background research is necessary. We all know what a parking lot, street, convenience store (etc.) looks and acts like.

For uniform details, look out the window. ..no pesky organization charts for either side.

Oh, yeah, the fun thing too. The best rationale of all.

Matsuru Sami Kaze30 Nov 2017 11:57 a.m. PST

The relentless, moaning, shuffling, patroling, noise attracting, shark-like undead data. You don't have to believe the data. You just have to test it.

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